DIDARP at the University of Puerto Rico School of Public Health

我们的目标是加强我们在波多黎各大学公共卫生研究生院从公共卫生角度对刑事司法人员进行药物滥用研究的能力。我们的研究开发战略的中心是在关键数量的教职员工中培养研究熟练程度，这些教职员工将团结一致地开展流行病学、临床和卫生服务研究，以吸引和留住有药物使用障碍病史并与艾滋病毒或ADHD共生的囚犯接受治疗。该计划将培养处于不同教育阶段的学生的研究能力，并鼓励他们从事药物滥用研究事业。在本申请中，我们提出了两个研究项目。他们都提出了以后探索药物治疗缓和患有SUD患者特定特征的效果所需的开发工作。一项研究将探索与吸毒者身份相关的自我污名是否与避免治疗或提前终止药物滥用和/或艾滋病毒治疗有关。另一项研究探讨ADHD障碍谱各维度对药物治疗的潜在缓和作用。所提出的工作将为教职员工和学生提供亲身实践的研究培训经验。这些项目嵌入DIDARP的组织结构和文化，并得到强有力的领导、机构支持和一系列研究能力建设活动的支持，将为实现以下具体目标提供必要条件：提供领导、支持和协调，以增加能够成功开展与刑事司法相关的药物滥用研究的独立拉丁裔研究人员的数量。目标2：为8名研究生提供长期的研究经验(2年)，增加他们从事药物滥用研究职业的可能性。目标3：加强机构资源，以支持在外部资金支持下成功规划和开展药物滥用研究。

Our goal is to enhance our capacity to conduct drug abuse research with criminal justice populations from a public health perspective, at the University Of Puerto Rico Graduate School Of Public Health. Our research development strategy centers on developing research proficiency in research in a critical mass of faculty that will cohesively pursue epidemiological, clinical, and health services research relevant to engaging and retaining in treatment inmates with histories of a substance use disorder with co-occurring HIV or ADHD. The program will develop research capacity in students at different stages in their education and encourage them to pursue drug abuse research careers. In this application we present two research projects. They both propose developmental work required to later explore the drug treatment moderating effects of specific characteristics of individuals with a SUD. One study will explore if self stigma associated with the drug user identity is associated with treatment avoidance or early termination of drug abuse and/or HIV treatment. The other explores the potential moderating effects on drug treatment of the dimensions of the ADHD disorder spectrum. The work proposed will provide hands on research training experiences for faculty and students. These projects embedded in the organizational structure and culture of the DIDARP and backed by strong leadership, institutional support, and a range of research capacity building activities, will provide the conditions necessary to attain the following specific aims: Aim1. Provide leadership, support, and coordination to increase the number of independent Latino researchers capable of successfully conducting drug abuse research relevant to a criminal justice context. Aim 2: Provide a long term research experience (2 yrs) for 8 graduate students that increases their likelihood of pursuing drug abuse research careers. Aim 3: Enhance institutional resources that sustain the successful planning and conduct of drug abuse research supported with external funds.